The Encyclopædia Britannica: Lord Chamberlain-MecklenbergHugh Chisholm At the University Press, 1911 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... causing a council at Beaugency ( on the 21st of March 1152 ) to annul his marriage with Eleanor of Aquitaine , under ... cause of Alexander , who lived at Sens from 1163 to 1165. Alexander gave the king , in return for his loyal support ...
... causing a council at Beaugency ( on the 21st of March 1152 ) to annul his marriage with Eleanor of Aquitaine , under ... cause of Alexander , who lived at Sens from 1163 to 1165. Alexander gave the king , in return for his loyal support ...
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... cause of this is to be found in the revoca- tion of the Edict of Nantes . The church had always opposed this settlement and had succeeded in altering it in many points . Now the new religious zeal and the autocratic temper of Louis XIV ...
... cause of this is to be found in the revoca- tion of the Edict of Nantes . The church had always opposed this settlement and had succeeded in altering it in many points . Now the new religious zeal and the autocratic temper of Louis XIV ...
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... caused much suffering to the impressionable child , who was made on occasion to eat and drink to excess , and learnt the ... cause of death , declared to be of long standing , but in fact developed with such rapidity ; the insufficient ...
... caused much suffering to the impressionable child , who was made on occasion to eat and drink to excess , and learnt the ... cause of death , declared to be of long standing , but in fact developed with such rapidity ; the insufficient ...
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... cause , and had a " conseil where he stayed for three years . All this time he was trying royal " in Paris , founded at the end of 1799 by Royer - Collard , Montesquiou and Clermont - Gallerande , the actions of which were much impeded ...
... cause , and had a " conseil where he stayed for three years . All this time he was trying royal " in Paris , founded at the end of 1799 by Royer - Collard , Montesquiou and Clermont - Gallerande , the actions of which were much impeded ...
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... cause , and in other ways rendering good service to his brother , King Charles V. Anjou's entrance into the troubled politics of Italy was one result of the papal schism which opened in 1378. Anxious to secure the support of France ...
... cause , and in other ways rendering good service to his brother , King Charles V. Anjou's entrance into the troubled politics of Italy was one result of the papal schism which opened in 1378. Anxious to secure the support of France ...
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